Alas, just moments after that single, Lewis was out of the game. Carlos Correa’s double into the left-field corner couldn’t score Lewis, because the latter pulled up lame between second and third base. So far, all the team has announced is that it’s an injury to Lewis’s right quad. Edouard Julien took over for him.
The Twins have to have been expecting some missed time for either Byron Buxton or Carlos Correa. Those guys have battled injuries that are often chronic over the last few years, and each is now getting into their 30s. Lewis, though, had to be the healthy ancho for the middle of this lineup. Almost two years clear of his second torn ACL, and given the way he hammered opposing pitching before and after missing time with an oblique strain last summer, it was reasonable to hope that the still-young former first overall pick would finally get a chance to pile up 550 plate appearances in a season and prove his superstar upside.
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